Chapter 20:
(All right, at the end of season one at least. Though I may try to take a break from this series for a bit and work on something else. Idk when I'll get back to The Bad Guys fanfic I made, but I want to write a weird crossover. I think I've already got a great list for characters so far as the main characters. Anyways, enjoy the chapter)
"Get your hands up." A villain had Denki hostage, trying to have Momo and Kyoka surrender. "And no Quirks, got it?" He threatened to kill Denki. They didn't see coming that Denki's blast hadn't gotten every villain, "I feel a little brotherhood with other electric types, so I don't want to kill him." He said, sparking electricity from his hand, Denki was worried and whimpering. The two girls raised their hands up, "An electric type." Yaoyorozu figured out that this villain was the one jamming their communications. He walked closer to them, Kyoka had an idea. "Y'know, you two dudes are so lucky." She said, "People with electric type Quirks are destined for mainstream success." Momo looked at her classmate. She lowered her earphone behind her as Kyoka stalled the villain. Momo looked at her and figured it out. "Jiro can attack without moving if she can manage plugged in." She thought, "You don't have to answer, I just thought it'd be interesting to know." She said, sparks came closer to Denki. "Nice try, you think you could distract me that easily?" Kyoka retracted her earphone.
"Big mistake, sweetheart. I'm not some dumb thug who can be outsmarted by a couple'a kids. You need to learn to take hostage situations seriously. So here's the new deal." The villain said, "Either this idiot's going to die, or you are." Kyoka and Momo didn't know what to do. They were in a tough spot.
(Meanwhile)
"Oh come on…What's going in here? He's just as strong as he's always been." Shigaraki said, "Dang it. Don't tell me I was lied to." He scratched his neck, "What's wrong? Not attacking me? Didn't you say you were going to clear this level earlier?" All Might said, mockingly. He glared at him, "Well, come and get me, if you dare." Tomura flinched, slightly.
"Man, this is…intense." Katsuki said, which was odd for him to say, at the very least. "As I expected. There's no reason for us to fight now." Shoto said, letting All Might handle this. Shoto looked over, hearing panting and running footsteps.
"Sakai?" He asked, "What are you doing here, dude? The battle's over." Kirishima said, "Come on, Midoriya. Let's regroup with the others guys. The last thing we want is get taken hostage or get in his way."
"I know, I here to help with the recovery." Lucas said, "But…it looks like I won't need to do much."
Izuku looked at his mentor. "He can't beat them. He's bluffing. It's almost hidden by the dust, but I can see it." He thought to himself. He remember the steam coming off of him is when he's about to transform.
"Crap, I can't fight them. That Nomu guy took too much out of me. I'm pretty sure that if I make one more move, I'll be forced to go back to my weak form." Toshinori knew his time limit was up for using his power. He couldn't keep this debacle up much longer. "I just have to stall until they get here." He thought, "What? Are you scared?" He said, "Uh—" Tomura was worried, his plan was falling apart.
Toshinori realized they were hesitating.
Tomura started scratching himself, "If only Nomu was here…he'd rush you right now. Pound you into the ground without giving it a second thought." He said, "Tomura Shigaraki! Please, do not fret." Kurogiri noted that All Might was already weakened, he noticed that All Might was on his own. The students appeared to be in fear, and their comrades were recovering. "We likely still have a few minutes before their reinforcements arrive." He said, "If you and I work together, we can do this. We haven't missed our chance to kill All Might." Lucas prepared himself, ready for defense. But out of nowhere, he felt nauseous. "O-Oh no…Please tell me it's just from this today." He hoped he wouldn't have a fever right now.
Tomura stopped scratching himself, "Yeah. Yeah, you're right. This is it. We have no choice." He said, "After all, the big end-boss is right here."
The boys realized the villains were recovering. Lucas looked at them, and patted Shoto's shoulder. "Hey, I need you to sync your attacks with mine." He said, "What? How?" Lucas revealed his ice ability to Shoto, who looked at him in shock. "We'll talk later." He said, "Midoriya. Will you be joining us?" Shoto looked at him, who stared back at All Might.
"Lucas and I are the only ones who know what's happening. There's no way he can move faster than the mist guy now. He has to have gone past his limit already." There's no real question about it to Izuku, but knew he needed to back up All Might.
He rushed in when the two villains tried to attack. Shigaraki hardly had time to reacr, he noted how fast he was.
Izuku broke his legs when he jumped into the air. "I controlled it earlier, but my legs still broke this time." He wondered wht, but realized it didn't matter. He went to hit the armor Kurogiri had.
He yelled, readying One For All. "Don't you touch All Might! You stupid villain!" Izuku tried to land a punch, but Shigaraki reached his hand through Kurogiri's warp. Izuku freaked out, this guy's Quirk was terrifying. But, suddenly, Shigaraki's hand was shot. That was when All Might, realized.
"They're here!" He looked over. The pros had arrived. The Pro Hero Snipe had shot Shigaraki and the villain that was keeping Kyoka and Momo hostage.
"Sorry, everyone!" Lucas was shook, he heard his father's voice. "I know we're a bit late, but I got the teachers over here as fast as I could." He said, apologizing for the delay.
"It's Iida!" Ochaco said, Tenya standing victoriously. "Your class rep has returned. I've fulfilled my duty and I brought reinforcements!" He said, all the pros/teachers from UA arrived.
Present Mic stepped up when the lesser villains tried to attack once again. He shouted and used his Quirk. Ectoplasm sent his clones to further deal with them.
Nezu looked over, keeping his neutral look, but hiding the fear underneath. He pointed down. "Our priority is to protect all of the students!" With a few teachers walking down. "Where's Lucas?" He asked himself, worried for his son's safety.
"Aw man, the pros are here. It's game over, for real." Shigaraki said, "Let's go home and try this when we can—" Before he finished his sentence, Snipe shot him at least a few more times, before the shots were blocked off by Kurogiri's warp. The smoke-villain tried to get him out of here, bur was stopped.
Hanta held up Thirteen, while the pro attempted to use Black Hole again. This time more powerful.
Shigaraki had one last thing to say to All Might.
"I may have failed to kill you this time, but your days are numbered." He vowed he'd destroy him, before he left immediately.
All Might coughed, as he was struggling to maintain the transformation already. The two villains got away.
"W-We need medical attention over here!" Lucas said, feeing too weak to use his powers.
"I couldn't do it. I wasn't able to help you." Izuku felt down on himself, being able to do nothing to help All Might. "That's absolutely not true." Toshinori said, as the smoke and dust cleared, he revealed that he was stuck between transformations. "You bought me a few vital seconds. If not for that, I'd be dead now." Light shined from the hole were the Nomu was sent through.
"Young Midoriya. You saved me once again." Toshinori said, Izuku cried, "Thank you…All Might." He said. "I'm just…glad you're okay!"
Lucas looked up at the hole. "Those disordered thoughts…it was horrible." Lucas didn't understand what that thing they fought was, but he knew that it didn't have a will to call its own. "Bio-engineered..." Lucas grew concerned. What WAS that thing? It wasn't…
"Lucas!" Nezu called, "A-Ah…" Lucas immediately felt shame, "Pa—P-Principal." Lucas kept his cover, since other students were nearby. "Are you alright? Oh dear, your arm." He noticed tons of bruises and cuts, Nezu hid the sheer terror he felt inside, "I-I'm fine, but Aizawa-sensei needs medical attention." He said, not wanting him to worry about him so much. Nezu knew the look Lucas had, he was blaming himself on the inside. Nezu patted his boy, and handed him his phone. "Th-Thank you." He said, knowing his father would be investigating this incident. Nezu was giving him his phone to let him know he'd call him later.
"Not to worry, he's being taken care of!"
Shoto looked at him, strangely. "Sakai, you all right?" He asked, wondering if he was in trouble for something. Why was the principal with him?
"I-I'm fine. I don't matter right now. Let's go to the front gate." Lucas said, walking off.
Shoto still looked at his classmate. Lucas looked back, "The school is okay, right? They didn't try an assault there while there was a distraction?" Lucas asked, concerned.
"Thankfully, no, Mr. Sakai. But that's enough worrying, let's walk to the entrance." Nezu tried to calm his son down, while maintaining cover with Todoroki.
"Counting the telepathy separately, he's got at least 4 Quirks. How's that even possible?" Shoto thought. Then he remembered he'd talk with him later.
"So, when will we talk about you know what?" Shoto asked quietly, "I'll text the three of you later. You, Izuku and Tsu." Lucas said, nodded. Nezu looked at them, confused. Lucas held his head, "What's up?" Shoto said, "I-I'm good…" Lucas said, starting to feel nauseous again.
(Let's check where the villains ended up)
Kurogiri left Tomura down on the floor of a bar. "Shot in both arms and legs. All those underlings wiped out. Even Nomu was beaten." Tomura realized they failed, "Those kids were so strong. And the Symbol of Peace wasn't weakened at all. You were wrong, Master. So wrong!" He looked over at a tv, it only displayed "Sound Only."
"No, I wasn't. We just weren't as prepared as we should've been." A voice said from the tv.
"I agree. We underestimated them. Thankfully, we failed under that cheap "League of Villains" name and not our own." Another voice said, "And what about the creature the master and I created? Where is Nomu?" The voices from the tv asked Shigaraki why Nomu wasn't with them.
"He was blown away." Kurogiri reverted to his original form, dressed like a bartender. "What?!" The second man asked.
"It was All Might's doing. Withiut coordinates to his precise location. I couldn't use my warp to bring him with us." Kurogiri explained, that they didn't have any time to search for him.
"This is a travesty! And after all we did to make him as powerful as All Might." The second voice said.
"Well, I suppose it can't be helped. Unfortunately." Shigaraki's "Master" said. "Power…That reminds me. There was a kid there who tried to protect All Might. He was just as fast as him." Tomura remembered that green-ette boy.
"Oh?" This peaked the first man's attention, "If he hadn't gotten in our way, we might have killed the Symbol of Peace. That brat…That brat!" Shigaraki said, "Naturally, you're upset. But this was not a futile mission. We've learned many things. Gather the villainous elite. Take all the time you need. I must remain hidden in the shadows, which is why I need you to be my face. A symbol of your own." The first man said to Tomura, "Next time, you will show the world that is should be afraid of you."
Kurogiri looked lost in thought, "What are you thinking about, Kurogiri?" Shigaraki asked, "That one boy, the one with the staff. Didn't he strike you as odd?" He asked, "You mean that hooded-brat who head-butted me? What about him?" Shigaraki said. "He wields a staff and tries to push things with blue lights, nothing much to it."
"Nothing, then." Kurogiri said, brushing it off. "I'll ask my companion for some extra resources for the next Nomu development." The second voice said. "Ah, yes. He did say he had an idea for something called a "Chimera." The first man said.
(Back, we check to see how the students and pros recover)
Detective Tsukauchi was here. He accounted that every student except Izuku was mostly unharmed, Lucas' arm was treated and secured in a bandage. He was mostly covered in bruises. "Ojiro, I heard you were a really good fight." Hagakure said, "I had no idea you were so strong!" Mashirao looked at her, nervously smiling. "I didn't know I was the only one on my own. I survived using hit-and-run tactics, so where did you end up, Hagakure?"
"In the Landslide Zone, you wouldn't believe how strong Todoroki was. He was amazing!" She said, excitedly, but also happy they made or.
"I didn't even know she was there. I could've frozen her." Shoto realized that and was thankful he didn't freeze her.
Yuga tried to be as spontaneous as he would normally be.
"Aren't you wondering about moi? Where was my sparkling light?" He asked, imagining roses and flower petals. A few of the boys were talking to each other, not giving Aoyama the time of day.
He tried his performance again. "Did you miss me?" He tried with a few other boys, but it turns out they were already in conversation.
"Where do YOU two think I was?" He patted Tsuyu's shoulder. Tsuyu and Lucas looked at him, confused. "Um, where?" Tsuyu asked, Yuga simply did a pose. "It's a secret." Lucas and Tsuyu looked at each other, "Uh…good for you?" Lucas said, sorta confused. "Let's go ahead and get these students back to the main campus. They've been through a lot. We don't need to question them right away."
Tsuyu walked up and asked about Aizawa. Lucas looked ashamed, still, while dreading the punishment his teacher could have in store for him. The detective played a detailed recording of Aizawa's current condition. Bones are splintered, has facial fracturing, fortunately no brain damage, orbital floor has been destroyed and they have no way of knowing if his eyesight will be impaired.
Lucas started tearing up, pulling up his hood back up so others wouldn't see him crying.
Mina asked about Thirteen, the detective telling her there was no need to worry. Thirteen will thankfully pull through, despite some pretty bad lacerations in the back. This left the classmates at ease, "And All Might's without any serious injuries, he's in the nurse's office right now. Recovery Girl's power should be all he needs." Tsukauchi explained.
"What about Deku?!" Ochaco asked, Tenya asking about Izuku as well. Lucas looked up, more anxious than before. His teacher AND his friend were badly injured in this attack. Midoriy—Ah." The detective smiled, "Recovery Girl's taking care of him, too. He's fine." He said, which put the three at ease. Well, on Lucas' end, he wasn't as scared. "Oh, thank goodness." Ochaco said, "Now, let's get you back to class." Tsukauchi said.
Katsuki looked back at the facility, remembering how Deku jumped in there to protect All Might. He scoffed. "C'mon, man, we're goin' back to class now." Eijiro said to him, "Yeah, yeah, I heard him, ya idiot." Katsuki said, annoyed
(Meanwhile)
Nezu looked over the USJ, parts of it smoking, "We need security improvements. Perhaps an entire system overhaul." He kept his neutral smile, villains had attacked his boy, rage hid underneath. This was what Nezu was afraid of, and he didn't expect something like it to happen under one of UA's own facilities. "Agreed." Snipe said, Midnight closed her eyes, "Warp Quirks are very rare and can completely change the course of a battle." She said, "It's frightening to know that a villain has such a power." Nezu looked at her, agreeing. They walked out.
Tsukauchi received word that they apprehended the Nomu, a fellow officer informed him of this. This Nomu has no critical injuries, hasn't said a word since his arrest. "Principal!" The detective approached the "mouse."
"I'd like to investigate every inch of the school, just to be safe." Nezu raised his hands up, enthusiastically. "Of course, please do! You'll have full access to the campus. We definitely need your assistance on this matter." Nezu didn't care who makes a fuss, he wanted to get to the bottom of this. He needs to protect his pup and his school's students.
(Later)
The sun was setting, with the returning students tired, worried for everyone who was hurt, or a mix of the two. Lucas pulled out his phone, when it started ringing.
(Text)
Papa Mouse: I may be a while. Stop by the nurses office before you go home, please? Are you having a fever again?
Lucas: I did feel light-headed after the attack. I'm not sure. I just hope it isn't one of THOSE fevers.
Papa Mouse: Don't worry about it too much, pup. But check with Chiyo-san, just to be on the safe side, okay?
Lucas: Okay, then. I'll let you know, afterwards. See you at home, Papa.
Papa Mouse: *sends hugs*
Lucas: *sends hugs back*
(End of text)
Lucas started crying again. "How long are you gonna keep crying, Flower-Boy?" Lucas looked up and saw Katsuki watching him. "I-I…I..." Lucas said, pulling down his hood, "Stop being an idiot and man up! I swear, you'll be worse than Deku with that much crying." Katsuki said, annoyed.
Lucas took a deep breath, deciding to agree with Bakugo-san. "He's right…We're going to be okay." He lamented the days that he was a huge crybaby. He went to the Nurse's office to check with Izuku and see if he had a fever or not. Little was he about to find out he was being watched.
"You've fought hard, Lucas. No dubiety that you or your associates will be great heroes, subsequently." The mysterious figure said.
(Okay, so the end of Season One basically. I hope you guys like this chapter! I'll try to come up with my chapters for Claus during my little break from this. I DID just hint at what's Lucas' next power, with this fever! Hope you guys figure it out. Until then, stay strong and awesome! Don't add worrying to your lives)
